Rothstein is a Germanic-language (German, Yiddish) surname of several possible origins: toponymic surname from a place with the same name near Merseburg; from a Germanic personal name, Hrodstein (hrod- (Hróð-), "fame", "glory",[1] meaning "famous stone"). Ashkenazic Jewish / Yiddish: ornamental compound surname: rot 'red' + Stein 'stone', akin to "Rotstein".[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

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  1. ^ Oscar Kuhns, "Studies in Pennsylvania German Family Names", in: Americana Germanica Quarterly, vol.4, 1902, p.306
  2. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, as cited by anncestry.com